Potato is a staple dietary food item consumed by a large number of people over the globe in various forms. Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates,proteins, minerals, dietary fibre and negligible amount of fat. Potatoes contains several antioxidants, polyphenols, ascorbic acid,and carotenoids that help to reduce life style diseases. India is the second largest producer of potatoes but lack of storage and processing facilities, the crop often deteriorates. Processing is the only alternative to save deterioration and to ensure ruminative prices to farmers. To tap the growing market of processed foods to attract a large number of consumers at affordable prices, it is utmost essential to develop indigenous technologies for production of inexpensive potato products which are easy to prepare and can be scaled up for commercial ventures by involving self help groups under skill India program.